Section 28 Sheriffs and Civil Process Act

Section 28 of the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act 1945 is about Penalty for obstructing execution. It provides as follows:

If any person rescues or attempts to rescue any goods seized in execution under process of a court or in any other way resists or obstructs the execution of any process for the enforcement of a judgment of a court, he shall be liable, either on an order made in that behalf by the court from which the writ of execution or other process issues, or on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding N100, and any bailiff of the court may take him into custody with or without warrant, and bring him before the court.